v0.2.3

Highlights

• Decorator for function calling makes function calls easier to define. Doc
• Address breaking changes introduced by new versions of openai.
• Introducing AgentOptimizer: An Agentic Way to Train Your LLM Agent
• Improvement in group chat, multimodal, GPTAssistant, retrieval chat, AutoBuild, testbed, config list loading utils. Blogpost about agent descriptions.
• Guidance + AutoGen example: constrained generation + multi-step reasoning
• The sample app AutoGen Assistant is renamed into AutoGen Studio with upgrades.
• Sample notebook for using AutoGen in Microsoft Fabric.
• Sample app of simple chat.
• Improvement in docs and tests.

Thanks to @davorrunje @skzhang1 @JieyuZ2 @afourney @BeibinLi @IANTHEREAL @LinxinS97 @cool-RR @LeoLjl @kevin666aa @gagb @victordibia @dragosMC91 @thinkall @danyrouh @olaoluwasalami @yuandong-tian @ShobhitVishnoi30 @ekzhu @maxim-saplin @rlam3 @bitsnaps and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Simple chat app by @danyrouh in #921
• Add privacy and cookies link to documentation website by @victordibia in #966
• Add collate file and more tests from autogpt into testbed by @LeoLjl in #915
• Allow users to specify the Docker image to use with Testbed by @afourney in #986
• fixed a typo fron -> from by @kar2905 in #992
• Website, update privacy link by @victordibia in #994
• [AutoBuild] address issue 941 954; add new feature; add debug information by @LinxinS97 in #944
• fix link that returns 404 by @olaoluwasalami in #945
• Updated get_max_token_limit with latest models and numbers by @afourney in #972
• Add missing assistant UI documentation steps by @dragosMC91 in #935
• correcting typo by @halr9000 in #931
• Update client.py by @eltociear in #934
• Enable allow_repeat_speaker to be a list of agents by @afourney in #905
• Add MATH tests to testbed by @kevin666aa in #914
• Fix exception cause in agent_builder.py by @cool-RR in #1007
• Update privacy link docusaurus.config.js by @victordibia in #1016
• Add async test by @gagb in #520
• Add examples constrained generation + multi-step reasoning via Guidance + AutoGen by @gagb in #937
• add links to sdk #910 by @olaoluwasalami in #958
• Change default model in LMM by @BeibinLi in #1032
• Fix/typo by @KazooTTT in #1034
• Update README to incorporate using existing docker image by @yuandong-tian in #1040
• Autobuild notebook minor fix by @AdiG1123 in #1049
• Update AutoGen Sample App | Rename AutoGen Assistant -> AutoGen Studio by @victordibia in #998
• Partial fix for 960 by @afourney in #963
• Add decorator for function calling by @davorrunje in #1018
• Add default value to the logprobs parameter by @davorrunje in #1044
• Fix exception causes all over the codebase #1007 by @cool-RR in #1014
• Add additional docs in retrieval agent if required by @ShobhitVishnoi30 in #1028
• Add poetry setup by @rlam3 in #824
• Fix mode dump with different pydantic version by @kevin666aa in #1063
• AgentOptimizer by @skzhang1 in #1053
• Filter out candidates with the same name but different instructions, … by @IANTHEREAL in #925
• [Core] Fix openai dependency error introduced when merging #1044 by @ekzhu in #1071
• fix: Fix typo by @hugo-syn in #1068
• [Docs/Contributing] Clarification on running non-OpenAI tests by @maxim-saplin in #1052
• Reuse docker image #929 by @olaoluwasalami in #956
• Agent description blog post by @afourney in #1092
• [Core] Extending inline docs for openai_utils.py, boosting coverage in test_utils.py, fixing #762 by @maxim-saplin in #1046
• [Dotnet] Add dotnet build workflow by @LittleLittleCloud in #946
• add example to website by @olaoluwasalami in #860
• dev alias for frontend develop for AutoGen Studio by @brotsky in #1083
• Update Ecosystem.md by @bitsnaps in #1104
• Fix function call use case in website #1107 by @ekzhu in #1108
• openai base url default to None; read files when env vars exist; remove deprecated models by @sonichi in #1110
• Skip tests that depend on OpenAI via --skip-openai by @maxim-saplin in #1097
• move dotnet pipeline to the root of workflow by @LittleLittleCloud in #1116
• [Core] Improve config_list_from_json by @BeibinLi in #1026
• Minor fix groupchat by @kevin666aa in #904
• [AutoGen Studio] Allow multiline strings in chat input by @dragosMC91 in #1105
• Update tutorial.ipynb by @eltociear in #1119
• Fix minor typo in blog post by @PyroGenesis in #1122
• [Core] Throw an error when the OAI_CONFIG_LIST is missing. by @afourney in #1082
• Chore: upgrade base image to the latest Debian (Bullseye -> Bookworm) by @davorrunje in #1133
• fix typo agent_chat.md by @lordlinus in #1131
• update global.json in dotnet-run-openai-test-and-notebook.yml by @LittleLittleCloud in #1135
• [Core] Fix update_usage_summary when response doesn't have usage attribute by @kevin666aa in #1008
• Add a sample notebook for using AutoGen in Microsoft Fabric by @thinkall in #940
• bump version to 0.2.3 by @sonichi in #1140

New Contributors

• @danyrouh made their first contribution in #921
• @kar2905 made their first contribution in #992
• @dragosMC91 made their first contribution in #935
• @halr9000 made their first contribution in #931
• @cool-RR made their first contribution in #1007
• @KazooTTT made their first contribution in #1034
• @yuandong-tian made their first contribution in #1040
• @AdiG1123 made their first contribution in #1049
• @davorrunje made their first contribution in #1018
• @rlam3 made their first contribution in #824
• @ekzhu made their first contribution in #1071
• @hugo-syn made their first contribution in #1068
• @brotsky made their first contribution in #1083
• @bitsnaps made their first contribution in #1104
• @lordlinus made their first contribution in #1131

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.2.3